I understand the point you're trying to making and I never said "all cops are bad". I was pointing out that your analogy doesn't hold water.
I've known some fine police officers, they serve a very important role in our community and they do an immensely hard job. It is, without a doubt, the sort of job where you get publicly trashed when things go wrong but rarely see public praise for all the little things that make the community a better place. I don't think that "cops" are bad, I think that the police departments in a number of places (at least the ones I've lived in) foster an ongoing culture that ends up producing officers which are dangerous and a discredit to their job and the community. The same thing could be said for politics. We have talked a number of times about all the corrupting influences found in politics and have generally decried the state of politics. That doesn't mean that there aren't a number of dedicated public servants who are genuinely trying to be responsive to their constitutients and do the best thing for the people they serve and the country at large. It's not about hating all cops, far from it. It's about wanting the police to step up, self police, and be the shining light they ought to be. Judah On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > To make it easier to understand my point, lets substitute the word > 'cop' with Muslim or Jew or Democrat. > > Slice it any way you want it, you are still judging an entire group of > people based on the words and actions of a few. > > Sorry, I find your attitude (and others, like Eric and Kirs) towards > law enforcement to be hypocritical as you have all, at one time or > another, pointed out that others on this list, myself included, have > made disparaging remarks about an entire group of people based on the > words and actions of a few members of that group, however, you have no > issue doing that very same thing when it seems to fit your agenda. > > You seems to have issues with the way the system works, that does nto > mean that all cops are 'bad'. So much for 'innocent until proven > guilty'. With attitudes like this so prevalent, I would not want to be > a law enforcement officer in this day and age ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327430 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
